AKIPRESS.COM - Russia confirmed 24,092 new coronavirus cases and 590 deaths as of Jan 16.

Russia has confirmed a total of 3,544,623 cases of coronavirus and 65,058 deaths so far. 

Russia’s Sputnik V and EpiVacCorona coronavirus vaccines are not available or in short supply in 42 of the country’s regions, a report from the Peterburgskaya Politica think tank suggests. Health care experts interviewed by The Moscow Times named transportation and production problems among the key logistical issues impeding Russia's mass vaccination campaign, Moscow Times reports.

60% of Russians are unwilling to take the coronavirus vaccine compared with 40% willing to vaccinate, according to a survey by The Superjob.ru job board cited by the RBC news website.